The Michigan Supreme Court recently announced the launch of five traveling clinics to help those seeking to clear their criminal records, through the support of the Michigan State Bar Foundation.

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law received a grant from the Michigan State Bar Foundation to fund the clinics. The clinic will take eight law students to rural counties — Gratiot, Wexford, Missaukee, Kalkaska, Crawford and Otsego — to provide a one-stop shop clinic for each of those jurisdictions.

A recent study conducted at the University of Michigan Law School found that people who